Shenandoah National ParkGreene County
W.J. Lamb estate farm, Tract 125, Greene County
The 1920s survey
A 5-room frame house, 16 by 24 feet; a barn, 18 by 32 feet; an orchard (63 pear and apple trees). 124 acres, valued at $1,168. The state paid $2,980.
Map of the tract
The tract’s boundary as the National Park Service has mapped it. No house sites or graves are marked on this site.
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- SHEN21206-IIIB097-F35_07-08-1935 003 enhanced.jpg (4.6 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- SHEN21206-IIIB097-F35_07-26-1935 003 enhanced.jpg (4.4 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- SHEN21206-IIIB097-F35_09-01-1938 003 enhanced.jpg (7.4 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- SHEN21206-IIIB097-F35_10-10-1938 003 enhanced.jpg (5.7 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- SHEN21206-IIIB097-F35_10-10-1938 Page 2 003 enhanced.jpg (5.3 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- SHEN21206-IIIB097-F35_11-13-1946 003 enhanced.jpg (5.3 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- C.H. Lamb farm, Tract 8, Greene County
- Charles Lamb farm, Tract 123, Greene County
- George Lamb farm, Tract 44, Greene County
- Gracie Lamb farm, Tract 251, Greene County
- J. Willie Lamb farm, Tract 210, Greene County
- J.W. Lamb farm, Tract 88, Greene County
- James Lamb farm, Tract 10, Greene County
- Jason and Nancy Lamb farm, Tract 250, Greene County
Memories
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Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.